[304.2] An officer who had the ordering of the dishes, etc.
[304.3] John Wykes was an usher of the King’s chamber, and a friend and cousin of J. Paston’s.—F.
[479]
LORD BEAUCHAMP TO SIR THOMAS HOWES[305.1]
To myn welbeloved frende, Sir Thomas Howys, Parson of Blofeld.
1461
AUG. 28
Welbeloved frende, I grete you well. And for as muche as I understonde that William Wurcester, late the servant unto Sir John Fastolf, Knyth, whois soule God assoyle, ys not had in favour ne trust with my right welbeloved frende, John Paston, nether with you, as he seyth, namely in such maters and causes as concerneth the wylle and testament of the said Sir John Fastolf; and as I am informed the said William purposeth hym to go into his cuntre, for the whiche cause he hath desired me to wryte unto you that ye wolde ben a special good frend unto hym, for his said mastris sake, to have alle suche things as reason and consciens requireth, and that ye wolde be meane unto Paston for hym in this mater to schewe hym the more favour at thys tyme for this my writyng in doyng of eny truble to hym, trusting that he wole demeane hym in suche wyse that he shal have no cause unto hym, but to be his good master, as he seyth. And yf ther be eny thing that I can do for you, I wole be right glad to do it, and that knoweth Almyghty God, whiche have you in his keping. Wretin at Grenewyche, the xxviijth day of August. J. Beauchamp.
[305.1] [From Fenn, iv. 96.] This letter was probably written in the year 1461, if not in the year preceding. The disputes about Fastolf’s will came before the Spiritual Court in the year 1465; but at the date of this letter they could not have proceeded very far.
[480]
LORD HUNGERFORD AND ROBERT WHITYNGHAM TO MARGARET OF ANJOU[306.1]
A la Reyne D’Engleterre [en] Escote.
1461
AUG. 30